Ritttenhouse : A punk looking for trouble

Kyle Rittenhouse

Kevin Drum is usually smart on whatever he writes about, but he's dumb on Rittenhouse:

The Kyle Rittenhouse case was genuinely complicated and could have gone either way....

The verdict of his trial could have gone either way, but what Rittenhouse did was simple: he went to a demonstration turning into a riot with a gun looking for someone to shoot. 

His motive was clear from his political background.

See also How the Right Found a Hero in Kyle Rittenhouse.